Security in Space The Next Generation - UNIDIR
Security in Space The Next Generation - UNIDIR
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Victor VASILIEV<br />
Victor Vasiliev is Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian<br />
Federation to the United Nations Offi ce and other International<br />
Organizations <strong>in</strong> Geneva. After graduat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> 1989 from the Moscow<br />
State Institute of International Relations he jo<strong>in</strong>ed the diplomatic<br />
service. Vasiliev has participated as a member of the Soviet/Russian<br />
delegations at various <strong>in</strong>ternational forums, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the NPT 1995–<br />
2005 Review Conferences, sessions of the UN General Assembly First<br />
Committee, Disarmament Commission, etc. He was part of the UN<br />
Group of Governmental Experts on Verifi cation <strong>in</strong> All its Aspects <strong>in</strong><br />
2005–2006.<br />
WANG Daxue<br />
Wang Daxue is Deputy Division Director, Department of Arms Control<br />
and Disarmament, Ch<strong>in</strong>ese M<strong>in</strong>istry of Foreign Affairs.<br />
Jessica WEST<br />
Jessica West is Program Manager for the <strong>Space</strong> <strong>Security</strong> Index at Project<br />
Ploughshares. She jo<strong>in</strong>ed Project Ploughshares <strong>in</strong> 2006 as a Program<br />
Associate responsible for nuclear weapons and space weaponization.<br />
She has experience research<strong>in</strong>g confl ict and security issues at the<br />
Canadian International Development Agency and has worked as a<br />
Program Manager for the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force<br />
at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.<br />
Maureen WILLIAMS<br />
Maureen Williams is Chair of the <strong>Space</strong> Law Committee of the<br />
International Law Association and permanent observer to the<br />
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer <strong>Space</strong> s<strong>in</strong>ce 1996. She is<br />
also Professor (Chair) of Public International Law, s<strong>in</strong>ce 1993, at the<br />
University of Buenos Aires and at Belgrano University, and Head of<br />
Research Projects on <strong>in</strong>ternational law/space law at the National Science<br />
Council of Argent<strong>in</strong>a. Williams is a member of the Royal Institute of<br />
International Affairs (London), legal adviser to the Argent<strong>in</strong>e <strong>Space</strong><br />
Agency, and member of the Board of Directors of the International<br />
Institute of <strong>Space</strong> Law (International Astronautical Federation).<br />
Pearl WILLIAMS<br />
Pearl Williams is Senior Policy Advisor responsible for space security <strong>in</strong><br />
the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division (Chemical/Biological,